burglen.
/ˈbəːɡl/, U.S. /ˈbərɡ(ə)l/ An act of burgling; a burglary.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > act or instance of
burglary1609
bust1859
burgle1889
home invasion1912
1889 Punch 26 Jan. 37/2 The Burgle Song.
1898 Tit-Bits 26 Feb. 418/1 This afternoon we did a little burgle on our own account.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
burglev.
/ˈbəːɡl/, U.S. /ˈbərɡ(ə)l/ Originally colloquial or humorous.
a. intransitive. To follow the occupation of a burglar.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (intransitive)] > be a burglar
burgle1872
1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice I. iv. 63 The burglar who attempted to enter that room would never burgle again.
b. transitive. To break feloniously into the house of; to steal or rob burglariously.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (transitive)]
do1774
bust1859
burglarize1871
burgle1874
burglar1890
take1924
to rip off1972
tickle1976
1874 Standard 14 Nov. 3 New words with which the American vocabulary has lately been enriched; ‘to burgle’, meaning to injure a person by breaking into his or her house.
1884 Blackwood's Mag. 513/2 I burgled myself again in the night.
Derivatives
ˈburgled adj.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [adjective] > burglarized
burgled1886
1886 E. S. Phelps Burglars in Paradise vii. 117 ‘Oh’, said the mistress of the burgled cottage..to the policeman.
ˈburgling n. and adj.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun]
housebreachlOE
burgh-brechea1387
burglary1532
housebreaking1607
breaking and entering1617
game1811
crack1819
screwing1819
effraction1840
burst1857
burglarizing1872
burgling1880
ship-breaking1901
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [adjective] > burgling
burgling1880
burglaring1909
burglared1928
screwing1960
1880 Daily News 28 Oct. 5/3 Treachery seems to have been developed even in burgling circles.
1884 C. Dickens Dict. London 28/3 A gentleman of the burgling persuasion.
1885 Graphic 14 Feb. 151/1 After the ‘burgling’ is completed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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